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Once upon a time, a long, long, time ago, there lived a poor old blind man and his daughter, Simcheong. Simcheong’s mother died shortly after giving birth, so Simcheong’s father raised his young daughter alone,…
Hyundai Card’s ‘Korea Rocks!’ UK tour came to an end and the bands have all returned to South Korea. Earlier on this year, the Korea ...
If you go to a typical rock concert in Hongdae, the bands are overwhelmingly made up of males, sometimes with a token girl on drums or bass, or a sing ...
The unpredictable British weather may be confusing but The Korean Cultural Centre UK has planned something amazing to help us get the Summer’s fes ...
Oldboy. If you’ve seen just one Korean film, chances are this is it. It’s a cult classic, critically acclaimed, and universally loved. Which begs the question: why on earth does it need or deserve to be remade? Regardless…
Although there are many beautiful women with virtue and grace, there are the opposite. Every country has one. An infamously beautiful woman who ruins a man’s life, brings down a kingdom, changes the course of history.…
The beginning of April saw the wonderfully talented actress Moon So-ri appear at a Q&A at the BAFTAs HQ, organised by the Korean Cultural Centre, London. Her appearance marked the first of four Korean actors coming…
Some words are impossible to translate. It’s usually not the meaning itself which is untranslatable; it’s usually the subtle nuances that get lost on the way. For example, the Korean word “푸르다” can mean…
